The joke in the OP doesn’t offend me - I assume it’s meant to show the character up as an idiot. I can see how showing it (without the context of the whole film) during an anti-bullying campaign might seem a bit off.
Whenever people say ‘gay meaning lame has nothing to do with homosexuality’ I wonder where they think the term came from? Was it just random? And when they say it doesn’t matter, I’d like them to try substituting the name of some group they care about. Like, if something’s crap then it’s ‘sooo American’ or ‘soooo David’ and so on. Associating a word with crapness does kinda make it seem like the whole word’s crap.
I saw it more as Vince’s character catching himself with a :smack: cause he knows it’s not politically correct to use “gay” as “lame” anymore. So he was clarifying that he was using it in a way that common back when he was in grade school where it was meant to mean “lame” and nobody took offense.
As kids in the 70s-80s we used it often to mean “lame”.
“Hey, did you get any new Star Wars action figures?”
“No, my mom got me these new action figures from Disney’s The Black Hole on clearance.”
“Oh my god, those are so gay.”
I often use the word “gay”. I use it to mean something that is effeminate, not manly or lame. For instance, being a vegetarian is very gay.
Now, it’s obviously an insult. Since the person who I’m talking about doesn’t want to be effeminate. However, it’s also true that gay men are often less manly than other men. They don’t care as much about being manly.
So, saying that electric cars are crippled is right out then?
(I have a friend who walks with crutches and leg braces because he had polio as a kid. He got to be on a committee dealing with various minorities: as he put it, as the “token cripple”.)
Now, it’s obviously an insult. Since the person who I’m talking about doesn’t want to be effeminate. However, it’s also true that gay men are often less manly than other men. They don’t care as much about being manly.
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Oh dear…
I have- please pardon the immodesty- substantial proof that I’m a man, I just don’t define ‘manly’ attributes the same. In addition, while far from all gay men are effeminate, most of the effeminate gay guys I know are a whole lot tougher than you might suspect, as are most women. Very few effeminate gay men are vegetarian, but since that invites all kinds of jokes about the things they put into their mouths I’ll leave it there.
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[li]Ron Howard and Vince Vaugn are totally gay for each other[/li][li]Happy gays repurpose their lame words[/li][li]Gays gaying it up about gaywad slurs pinging their gaydar are totally gay. Like on a scale from gay to Gaaaaaay, the protest would be, like, gay.[/li][li]This thread is not niggardly in its synonyms[/li][li]Electric cars are handi-capable[/li][/ul]
If you go by the typical “jock” metrics for manliness, just about every gay guy I’ve ever known could “out-man” me without breaking a sweat. Sports stuff, car knowledge, grilling ability, etc.
Yes, I’ve been mocked by gay men because I iron my shirts with rosewater, fuss over my souffles, and get all weepy over Gray’s Anatomy. What a girl! Pretty sure I’m heterosexual, though.
I wonder if there was ever a HAPPY GAYS porno movie with Richie/Fonzie slash.
(Sadly, based on the infomercials he hosted, the late Tom Bosley would probably have been willing to do a cameo as Howard.)
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Yes, I’ve been mocked by gay men because I iron my shirts with rosewater, fuss over my souffles, and get all weepy over Gray’s Anatomy.
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